Trade Unions

Francis Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what meetings the Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office, the hon. Member for Lincoln, has had with trades unions since June 2007 in the course of her official duties; and for what purpose such meetings were held.

Tom Watson: Ministers and civil servants meet the Council of Civil Service Unions (CCSU) and the individual trade unions regularly. It is not normal practice to disclose details of such meetings.

Kenya: Politics and Government

David Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government recognises the government of Mr Kibaki as the government of Kenya; and if he will make a statement.

Meg Munn: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry) on 29 January 2008,  Official  R eport, column 223W.

Immigration

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government plans to take to make immigration law easier to understand.

Liam Byrne: Following the review of the immigration system in July 2006, we made a commitment to strengthen and simplify immigration legislation—replacing existing laws in this area and establishing a clear, consistent and coherent legal framework which supports the control of our borders and the management of migration.
	An initial consultation paper "Simplifying Immigration Law - An Initial Consultation" published on 6 June 2007, set out principles for simplification and invited views. An analysis of responses was published on 6 December 2007.
	We will be consulting on more specific proposals for simplification shortly. We will then publish draft clauses for pre-legislative scrutiny.
	Subject to the parliamentary timetable, this will allow us to introduce comprehensive new legislation in the next session.

Sweden

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what official meetings the hon. Member for Gedling held during his recent visit to Sweden.

Vernon Coaker: During my visit to Sweden on 10 January and 11 January 2008, I had meetings with representatives of the following organisations:
	the Ministry of Justice;
	the Ministry for Integration and Equality;
	the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs;
	the National Board of Health and Welfare;
	the Stockholm Prostitution Unit; and
	Sex Workers Allies in Sweden (SANS).
	I also met the National Rapporteur on Trafficking, the Chief Constable of Stockholm and representatives from the Gender Equality Ombudsman, the Women's Forum and the Ethical Council for Pay Telephone Services.

Departmental ICT

Susan Kramer: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many  (a) male and  (b) female members of staff of the Government Olympics Executive were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement.

Tessa Jowell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by my hon. Friend the Minister for Sport on 30 January 2008,  Official Report, column 359W.

Carbon Emissions

Elfyn Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether his Department met the target in the sustainable operations on the Government Estate programme to reverse the then upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007.

Paul Murphy: My Department were successful in reversing the upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007.
	The Wales Office were successful in reducing both energy and water consumption, and 100 percent of electricity supplied is now from renewable sources.

Armed Forces: Pay

Bernard Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to receive the 2008 report on armed forces pay from the Armed Forces Pay Review Body; and when he expects to publish the report.

Des Browne: holding answer 29 January 2008
	The Armed Forces' Pay Review Body (AFPRB) is an independent body and the precise timing of the submission of their 2008 report is a matter for it to decide. The Government will announce their response and publish the report once they have considered the AFPRB's recommendations.

Departmental Personal Records

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the statement of 22 January 2008,  Official Report, column 1225, on MOD (data loss), when and by what means his Department informed  (a) the Prime Minister,  (b) other Departments,  (c) West Midlands police,  (d) Ministry of Defence police and  (e) the devolved administrations of the theft of the computer on 9 January.

Des Browne: holding answer 28 January 2008
	I have nothing further to add to the statement I made to the House on 21 January 2008,  Official Report, column 1225.

Kent

Stephen Ladyman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funds in the form of  (a) revenue payments,  (b) capital grants and  (c) supported borrowing for which her Department is responsible have been made available to (i) Kent county council, (ii) Thanet district council and (iii) Dover district council in 2007-08.

Rosie Winterton: The Department is providing the following revenue grants to Kent county council in 2007-08:
	
		
			  Grant  Amount (£) 
			 Urban bus challenge 35,893 
			 Kickstart 138,729 
			 Rural bus subsidy 2,276,481 
			 Road safety grant 2,540,374 
			 Detrunked roads 259,163 
			 Total 5,250,640 
		
	
	In addition it has contributed half of the revenue funding for school travel advisers totalling £189,000 and paid to Kent by CLG in area-based grant. It also contributed £95,500 for walking to school initiatives to the DCSF schools standards fund, which DCSF paid to Kent county council for onward transmission to schools, it also funds Sustrans to manage the 2007-08 Links to Schools programme and Kent county council has been allocated £40,000 for 2007-08.
	Most revenue funding support for day to day transport services (such as highways maintenance, supporting bus services and concessionary fares) is included in the revenue support grant for Kent county, Thanet district and Dover district councils, administered by CLG.
	The Department has made the following capital allocations funded by supported borrowing and direct capital grants available to Kent county council in 2007-08:
	
		
			  £000 
			   Direct capital grant  Supported borrowing 
			 Integrated Transport 4,100 7,593 
			 Highways Capital Maintenance 9,514 15,530 
			 East Kent Access Phase One 500 0 
			 Road Safety Grant 565.218 0 
			 Total 14,679.218 23,123 
		
	
	The Department has not allocated funding to Thanet or Dover district councils in 2007-08.

Mersey Travel: Per Capita Costs

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding per head of population was allocated to Mersey Travel in each year since 1993, expressed in  (a) cash and  (b) real terms.

Rosie Winterton: The Government have specifically allocated funding for rail franchise payments, local transport capital funding and some other transport revenue grants to Merseytravel (as shown in tables 1 to 3 respectively, with totals in table 4). Rail figures prior to franchising (i.e. prior to 1997-98) are not readily available.
	All four tables show the cash allocated, the cash per head of population (based on the Office for National Statistics' population figure of 1,367,000 for 2005) and the funding per head of population expressed in terms of 1987 prices (using the retail price index).
	Most revenue support for Merseytravel for public transport (other than rail franchise payments) is included in the revenue support grant allocated to the district councils, on which Merseytravel levies. This is not included in the figures because the Government does not specify how much of the revenue support for the district councils should be for Merseytravel.
	
		
			  Table 1: Rail franchise payments 
			(£ per head) 
			   Cash (£000)  Cash  Funding 1987 prices 
			 1997-98 72,025 52.69 33.45 
			 1998-99 65,702 48.06 29.50 
			 1999-2000 60,389 44.18 26.71 
			 2000-01 58,331 42.67 25.06 
			 2001-02 88,161 64.49 37.21 
			 2002-03 90,845 66.46 37.72 
			 2003-04 91,731 67.1 37.01 
			 2004-05 83,111 60.8 32.56 
			 2005-06 72,561 53.08 27.65 
			 2006-07 86,915 63.58 32.10 
			 2007-08 90,337 66.08 31.99 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Local  t ransport  c apital  a llocations to Merseytravel 
			(£ per head) 
			   Cash (£000)  Cash  Funding 1987 prices 
			 1993-94 14,908 10.91 7.75 
			 1994-95 6,812 4.98 3.46 
			 1995-96 8,626 6.31 4.23 
			 1996-97 5,679 4.15 2.12 
			 1997-98 9,466 6.92 4.40 
			 1998-99 7,190 5.26 3.23 
			 1999-2000 8,423 6.16 3.73 
			 2000-01 8,286 6.06 3.56 
			 2001-02 15,800 11.56 6.67 
			 2002-03 18,343 13.42 7.62 
			 2003-04 21,797 15.95 8.79 
			 2004-05 30,574 22.37 11.98 
			 2005-06 19,679 14.40 7.50 
			 2006-07 17,012 12.44 6.28 
			 2007-08 18,903 13.83 6.69 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Specific revenue grants for buses and cycling 
			(£ per head) 
			   Cash (£000)  Cash  Funding 1987 prices 
			 1993 to 1997-98 0 0.00 0.00 
			 1998-99 83 0.06 0.04 
			 1999-2000 83 0.06 0.04 
			 2000-01 83 0.06 0.04 
			 2001-02 320 0.23 0.14 
			 2002-03 1,021 0.75 0.42 
			 2003-04 1,259 0.92 0.51 
			 2004-05 1,117 0.82 0.44 
			 2005-06 415 0.30 0.16 
			 2006-07 327 0.24 0.12 
			 2007-08 685 0.50 0.24 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 4: Total funding allocations to Merseytravel 
			(£ per head) 
			   Cash (£000)  Cash  Funding 1987 prices 
			 1997-98 81,491 59.61 37.85 
			 1998-99 72,975 53.38 32.77 
			 1999-2000 68,895 50.40 30.47 
			 2000-01 66,700 48.79 28.65 
			 2001-02 104,281 76.28 44.02 
			 2002-03 110,209 80.62 45.76 
			 2003-04 114,787 83.97 46.32 
			 2004-05 114,802 83.98 44.98 
			 2005-06 92,655 67.78 35.30 
			 2006-07 104,254 76.26 38.50 
			 2007-08 109,925 80.41 38.92

Health and Safety Executive: Complaints

Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many  (a) incidents and  (b) complaints were (i) reported and (ii) investigated by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last four years, broken down by region.

Anne McGuire: holding answer 22 January 2008
	National level statistics were provided in my response to the hon. Member's question PQ/07/173797 of 10 January 2008,  Official Report, column 720w. Unfortunately, due to incompatibilities between HSE's current computer system and an earlier system, significant and disproportionate costs would be involved in extracting an historical regional breakdown, and manually validating the results.

Whaling

Anne Moffat: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Japanese Government on whaling.

Jonathan R Shaw: There have been no recent discussions between DEFRA Ministers and Japanese Ministers on this issue. However, my hon. Friend the Secretary of State has written to 18 countries encouraging them to join for the International Whaling Commission for the greater protection of whales.

Landfill: Health Hazards

Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effect of landfill sites on the health and wellbeing of nearby residents.

Joan Ruddock: All the available evidence on the health effects of living in proximity to landfill sites was assessed and summarised in the report published by my Department in 2004, "Review of the environmental and health effects of waste management". The report was produced by Enviros and peer reviewed by the Royal Society and can be accessed on the DEFRA website.

New Forest Verderers

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2007,  Official Report, columns 2305-6W, on New Forest Verderers, for what reason he declined to re-appoint Mr. Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre as Official Verderer of the New Forest; and on what sources of information he based that decision;
	(2)  whether he consulted the New Forest National Park Authority before declining to re-appoint Mr. Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre as Official Verderer;
	(3)  what assessment he has made of the level of performance of his duties as Official Verderer by Mr. Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre.

Joan Ruddock: The Official Verderer is a significant appointment and it is important that the process for selecting candidates operates transparently. Mr. Crosthwaite Eyre was first appointed in 2002 and was re-appointed in 2005 for a second three-year term, with the expectation that he would serve until 2008. Towards the end of last year Mr. Crosthwaite Eyre intimated that he had achieved his aspirations for the post and we therefore concluded that this was an appropriate time to initiate a selection process following the principles of the code of practice for ministerial appointments to public bodies.
	The National Park Authority played no part in the decision to accept the Official Verderer's offer when he placed his office at the disposal of the Crown. The performance of the Official Verderer is not in question and Mr. Crosthwaite Eyre is free to reapply for the post if he so chooses.

Waste Information Services Ltd: Finance

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2008,  Official Report, column1498W, on Waste Information Services Ltd: finance, for what purpose WRAP made payments to Waste Information Services Ltd; and what services were provided by that company.

Joan Ruddock: Waste Information Services Ltd. has been engaged by the waste and resources action programme (WRAP) on two occasions in the last three years to offer specialist advice on the collection of batteries for recycling.

Whales

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  what recent discussions he has had with  (a) Cabinet colleagues and  (b) representatives of foreign governments on (i) whaling, (ii) the international moratorium on whaling, (iii) scientific whaling, (iv) whale conservation and (v) whale-related tourism; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  when the most recent ministerial-level discussion was held on whaling; on what dates since 2005 Ministers from his Department have discussed whaling with colleagues in other Departments; when he next intends to discuss whaling with Cabinet colleagues; and if he will make a statement.

Jonathan R Shaw: DEFRA Ministers have discussed whaling with colleagues in other Government Departments whenever the opportunity has arisen.
	On the topic of scientific whaling, I met with Japanese embassy officials on 8 January to express the UK's outrage over Japan's 'scientific' whaling activities.
	The UK has made representations to foreign governments through our publication 'Protecting Whales—Global Responsibility' (endorsed by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister (Mr. Brown) and Sir David Attenborough) which has been sent to over 60 countries urging nations to protect these species worldwide. This publication has recently been updated, including a new section on whale-related tourism with the Prime Minister stating on the day of release that
	"The current and future benefits from whale watching far exceed those from killing whales."
	My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State (Hilary Benn) has also written to 18 countries encouraging them to join the International Whaling Commission (IWC) for the greater protection of these species through inter alia upholding the IWC's moratorium on commercial whaling.

Heathrow Airport

Justine Greening: To ask the Prime Minister when officials in his Office were first shown a draft of the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation document; and if he will make a statement.

Gordon Brown: Department for Transport officials engaged with other Government Departments, including my Office, at various stages during the development of the "Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport" consultation document.
	The draft consultation document, including the consultation stage impact assessment, received collective clearance in November 2007.

Breast Cancer: Screening

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of women entitled to screening attended their appointment for breast cancer screening in each of the last three years, broken down by primary care trust.

Ann Keen: The following tables give coverage data for breast screening for each of the last three years by primary care trust (PCT).
	
		
			  Breast screening programme: coverage of women (less than 3 years since last test)( 1)  aged 53-64 by primary care organisation at  2003-04 to 2005-06 
			 2003-04 
			 Eligible population( 2)  Number of women screened  Coverage (less than 3 years since last test) ( percentage ) 
			   England 3,538,224 2,651,122 74.9 
			   
			 Q30  North East SHA 183,483 135,110 73.6 
			  5D7 Newcastle PCT 15,265 10,801 70.8 
			  5D8 North Tyneside PCT 14,546 11,025 75.8 
			  5D9 Hartlepool PCT 6,224 4,739 76.1 
			  5E1 North Tees PCT 12,538 8,929 71.2 
			  5J9 Darlington PCT 7,099 5,416 76.3 
			  5KF Gateshead PCT 14,384 11,553 80.3 
			  5KG South Tyneside PCT 10,468 8,422 80.5 
			  5KL Sunderland Teaching PCT 19,474 14,135 72.6 
			  5KM Middlesbrough PCT 8,778 4,046 46.1 
			  5ND County Durham PCT 38,377 28,226 73.5 
			  5QR Redcar and Cleveland PCT 10,585 6,658 62.9 
			  TAC Northumberland Care Trust 25,745 21,160 82.2 
			   
			 Q31  North West SHA 493,915 373,894 75.7 
			  5CC Blackburn with Darwen PCT 9,443 7,059 74.8 
			  5F5 Salford PCT 14,494 10,596 73.1 
			  5F7 Stockport PCT 20,949 14,892 71.1 
			  5HG Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 23,428 18,374 78.4 
			  5HP Blackpool PCT 11,024 8,287 75.2 
			  5HQ Bolton PCT 19,172 14,958 78.0 
			  5J2 Warrington PCT 13,935 10,958 78.6 
			  5J4 Knowsley PCT 9,632 6,825 70.9 
			  5J5 Oldham PCT 15,544 9,532 61.3 
			  5JX Bury PCT 13,346 10,691 80.1 
			  5LH Tameside and Glossop PCT 16,191 12,369 76.4 
			  5NE Cumbria PCT 39,105 32,037 81.9 
			  5NF North Lancashire PCT 26,606 21,604 81.2 
			  5NG Central Lancashire PCT 32,865 24,630 74.9 
			  5NH East Lancashire PCT 26,527 20,187 76.1 
			  5NJ Sefton PCT 20,460 14,833 72.5 
			  5NK Wirral PCT 24,083 19,560 81.2 
			  5NL Liverpool PCT 28,312 19,367 68.4 
			  5NM Halton and St Helens PCT 22,834 17,572 77.0 
			  5NN Western Cheshire PCT 18,710 15,012 80.2 
			  5NP Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 34,949 28,811 82.4 
			  5NQ Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 13,875 10,543 76.0 
			  5NR Trafford PCT 15,019 10,024 66.7 
			  5NT Manchester PCT 23,412 15,173 64.8 
			   
			 Q32  Yorkshire  and  the Humber SHA 359,025 274,912 76.6 
			  5AN North East Lincolnshire PCT 11,847 9,445 79.7 
			  5EF North Lincolnshire PCT 12,407 9,262 74.7 
			  5H8 Rotherham PCT 18,014 14,238 79.0 
			  5J6 Calderdale PCT 14,248 11,020 77.3 
			  5JE Barnsley PCT 16,941 13,534 79.9 
			  5N1 Leeds PCT 46,686 33,841 72.5 
			  5N2 Kirklees PCT 26,496 20,546 77.5 
			  5N3 Wakefield District PCT 24,362 17,923 73.6 
			  5N4 Sheffield PCT 34,731 27,711 79.8 
			  5N5 Doncaster PCT 21,121 15,172 71.8 
			  5NV North Yorkshire and York PCT 59,837 49,682 83.0 
			  5NW East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 25,633 17,849 69.6 
			  5NX Hull Teaching PCT 17,197 12,554 73.0 
			  5NY Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT 29,505 22,135 75.0 
			   
			 Q33  East Midlands SHA 309,113 246,408 79.7 
			  5EM Nottingham City PCT 14,988 10,337 69.0 
			  5ET Bassetlaw PCT 8,433 6,099.0 72.3 
			  5N6 Derbyshire County PCT 53,169 44,189 83.1 
			  5N7 Derby City PCT 17,969 14,748 82.1 
			  5N8 Nottinghamshire County PCT 48,388 39,719 82.1 
			  5N9 Lincolnshire PCT 56,833 43,660 76.8 
			  5PA Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 47,708 40,077 84.0 
			  5PC Leicester City PCT 16,615 12,181 73.3 
			  5PD Northamptonshire PCT 45,010 35,398 78.6 
			   
			 Q34  West Midlands SHA 382,130 295,921 77.4 
			  5CN Herefordshire PCT 13,877 11,616 83.7 
			  5M1 South Birmingham PCT 21,564 16,348 75.8 
			  5M2 Shropshire County PCT 23,521 18,530.0 79 
			  5M3 Walsall Teaching PCT 17,593 13,414 76.2 
			  5MD Coventry Teaching PCT 20,055 15,461 77.1 
			  5MK Telford and Wrekin PCT 11,379 9,158 80.5 
			  5MV Wolverhampton City PCT 15,060 10,380 68.9 
			  5MX Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 11,155 7,185 64.4 
			  5PE Dudley PCT 23,013 17,558 76.3 
			  5PF Sandwell PCT 19,632 14,437 73.5 
			  5PG Birmingham East and North PCT 25,967 19,496 75.1 
			  5PH North Staffordshire PCT 16,322 12,902 79.0 
			  5PJ Stoke on Trent PCT 18,179 13,712 75.4 
			  5PK South Staffordshire PCT 46,029 35,493 77.1 
			  5PL Worcestershire PCT 43,191 35,235 81.6 
			  5PM Warwickshire PCT 39,437 32,437 82.3 
			  TAM Solihull Care Trust 16,156 12,559 77.7 
			   
			 Q35  East of England SHA 406,249 319,732 78.7 
			  5GC Luton Teaching PCT 10,137 7,848 77.4 
			  5P1 South East Essex PCT 26,542 18,454 69.5 
			  5P2 Bedfordshire PCT 28,078 22,436 79.9 
			  5P3 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 37,147 29,098.0 78.3 
			  5P4 West Hertfordshire PCT 36,249 27,552 76.0 
			  5PN Peterborough PCT 10,066 8,070 80.2 
			  5PP Cambridgeshire PCT 40,168 31,939 79.5 
			  5PQ Norfolk PCT 57,239 46,080 80.5 
			  5PR Great Yarmouth and Waveney Teaching PCT 18,219 14,655 80.4 
			  5PT Suffolk PCT 44,905 36,901 82.2 
			  5PV West Essex PCT 18,902 14,890 78.8 
			  5PW North East Essex PCT 23,847 19,182 80.4 
			  5PX Mid Essex PCT 26,730 21,836 81.7 
			  5PY South West Essex PCT 28,021 20,791 74.2 
			   
			 Q36  London SHA 424,770 270,964 63.8 
			  5A4 Havering PCT 17,704 14,112 79.7 
			  5A5 Kingston PCT 9,861 6,929 70.3 
			  5A7 Bromley PCT 22,119 16,866 76.3 
			  5A8 Greenwich Teaching PCT 12,717 8,734 68.7 
			  5A9 Barnet PCT 20,515 13,760 67.1 
			  5AT Hillingdon PCT 15,042 9,696 64.5 
			  5C1 Enfield PCT 17,015 12,169 71.5 
			  5C2 Barking and Dagenham PCT 8,506 5,970 70.2 
			  5C3 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 10,161 5,583 54.9 
			  5C4 Tower Hamlets PCT 7,671 4,205 54.8 
			  5C5 Newham PCT 11,960 6,181 51.7 
			  5C9 Haringey Teaching PCT 12,256 7,726 63.0 
			  5H1 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 8,677 3,723 42.9 
			  5HX Ealing PCT 18,291 10,440 57.1 
			  5HY Hounslow PCT 13,249 7,465 56.3 
			  5K5 Brent Teaching PCT 16,096 8,996 55.9 
			  5K6 Harrow PCT 14,212 9,768 68.7 
			  5K7 Camden PCT 10,817 5,523 51.1 
			  5K8 Islington PCT 9,490 5,534 58.3 
			  5K9 Croydon PCT 20,670 13,764 66.6 
			  5LA Kensington and Chelsea PCT 10,014 5,130 51.2 
			  5LC Westminster PCT 10,967 4,718 43.0 
			  5LD Lambeth PCT 13,124 7,837 59.7 
			  5LE Southwark PCT 11,353 7,014 61.8 
			  5LF Lewisham PCT 12,926 8,353 64.6 
			  5LG Wandsworth PCT 13,543 8,229 60.8 
			  5M6 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 12,035 7,753 64.4 
			  5M7 Sutton and Merton PCT 21,831 15,020 68.8 
			  5NA Redbridge PCT 14,353 8,621 60.1 
			  5NC Waltham Forest PCT 12,739 9,391 73.7 
			  TAK Bexley Care Trust 14,856 11,754 79.1 
			   
			 Q37  South East Coast SHA 313,740 236,513 75.4 
			  5L3 Medway PCT 18,381 13,361 72.7 
			  5LQ Brighton and Hove City PCT 14,952 11,580 77.4 
			  5P5 Surrey PCT 77,400 57,295 74.0 
			  5P6 West Sussex PCT 59,402 43,301 72.9 
			  5P7 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 26,525 21,766 82.1 
			  5P8 Hastings and Rother PCT 13,971 11,341 81.2 
			  5P9 West Kent PCT 48,797 38,188 78.3 
			  5QA Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 54,312 39,681 73.1 
			   
			 Q38  South Central SHA 274,076 217,056 79.2 
			  5CQ Milton Keynes PCT 13,839 11,082 80.1 
			  5FE Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 10,423 7,649 73.4 
			  5L1 Southampton City PCT 13,710 10,242 74.7 
			  5QC Hampshire PCT 94,655 73,751 77.9 
			  5QD Buckinghamshire PCT 35,841 30,051 83.8 
			  5QE Oxfordshire PCT 40,917 32,953 80.5 
			  5QF Berkshire West PCT 29,653 23,656 79.8 
			  5QG Berkshire East PCT 22,996 18,198 79.1 
			  5QT Isle of Wight PCT 12,042 9,474 78.7 
			   
			 Q39  South West SHA 391,722 280,611 71.6 
			  5A3 South Gloucestershire PCT 17,055 10,982 64.4 
			  5F1 Plymouth Teaching PCT 17,546 13,565 77.3 
			  5FL Bath and North East Somerset PCT 12,705 7,529 59.3 
			  5K3 Swindon PCT 11,789 9,181 77.9 
			  5M8 North Somerset PCT 16,302 12,319 75.6 
			  5QH Gloucestershire PCT 43,183 34,975 81.0 
			  5QJ Bristol PCT 24,345 18,235 74.9 
			  5QK Wiltshire PCT 33,183 26,563 80.1 
			  5QL Somerset PCT 41,112 33,296 81.0 
			  5QM Dorset PCT 33,329 26,662 80.0 
			  5QN Bournemouth and Poole PCT 23,709 18,223 76.9 
			  5QP Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 45,376 27,884 61.5 
			  5QQ Devon PCT 60,366 37,981 62.9 
			  TAL Torbay Care Trust 11,722 3,216 27.4 
		
	
	
		
			 2004-05 
			 Eligible population( 2)  Number of women screened  Coverage (less than 3 years since last test) ( percentage ) 
			   England 3,574,534 2,697,665 75.5 
			   
			 Q30  North East SHA 185,454 141,025 76.0 
			  5D7 Newcastle PCT 14,896 11,093 74.5 
			  5D8 North Tyneside PCT 14,976 11,331 75.7 
			  5D9 Hartlepool PCT 6,294 3,449 54.8 
			  5E1 North Tees PCT 12,737 10,205 80.1 
			  5J9 Darlington PCT 7,218 4,215 58.4 
			  5KF Gateshead PCT 14,412 11,650 80.8 
			  5KG South Tyneside PCT 10,535 8,520 80.9 
			  5KL Sunderland Teaching PCT 19,667 15,921 81.0 
			  5KM Middlesbrough PCT 8,847 6,114 69.1 
			  5ND County Durham PCT 38,918 30,114 77.4 
			  5QR Redcar and Cleveland PCT 10,624 8,250 77.6 
			  TAC Northumberland Care Trust 26,330 20,163 76.6 
			   
			 Q31  North West SHA 497,861 376,263 75.6 
			  5CC Blackburn with Darwen PCT 9,600 6,753 70.3 
			  5F5 Salford PCT 14,433 9,761 67.6 
			  5F7 Stockport PCT 21,015 15,115 71.9 
			  5HG Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 23,464 16,668 71.0 
			  5HP Blackpool PCT 10,846 7,645 70.5 
			  5HQ Bolton PCT 19,291 14,835 76.9 
			  5J2 Warrington PCT 14,048 11,049 78.7 
			  5J4 Knowsley PCT 9,501 6,663 70.1 
			  5J5 Oldham PCT 15,686 10,975 70.0 
			  5JX Bury PCT 13,511 10,757 79.6 
			  5LH Tameside and Glossop PCT 16,358 11,529 70.5 
			  5NE Cumbria PCT 39,674 32,090 80.9 
			  5NF North Lancashire PCT 26,801 21,299 79.5 
			  5NG Central Lancashire PCT 33,195 25,788 77.7 
			  5NH East Lancashire PCT 26,863 20,632 76.8 
			  5NJ Sefton PCT 20,798 15,722 75.6 
			  5NK Wirral PCT 24,350 19,710 80.9 
			  5NL Liverpool PCT 28,381 20,339 71.7 
			  5NM Halton and St Helens PCT 23,118 17,863 77.3 
			  5NN Western Cheshire PCT 18,819 15,367 81.7 
			  5NP Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 35,334 29,462 83.4 
			  5NQ Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 14,064 10,434 74.2 
			  5NR Trafford PCT 15,092 11,504 76.2 
			  5NT Manchester PCT 23,619 14,303 60.6 
			   
			 Q32  Yorkshire  and  the Humber SHA 362,359 278,103 76.7 
			  5AN North East Lincolnshire PCT 11,880 8,200 69.0 
			  5EF North Lincolnshire PCT 12,587 8,856 70.4 
			  5H8 Rotherham PCT 18,076 14,722 81.4 
			  5J6 Calderdale PCT 14,368 10,631 74.0 
			  5JE Barnsley PCT 17,168 13,698 79.8 
			  5N1 Leeds PCT 46,851 31,849 68.0 
			  5N2 Kirklees PCT 26,989 20,731 76.8 
			  5N3 Wakefield District PCT 24,581 18,975 77.2 
			  5N4 Sheffield PCT 34,760 27,647 79.5 
			  5N5 Doncaster PCT 21,241 17,515 82.5 
			  5NV North Yorkshire and York PCT 60,636 50,578 83.4 
			  5NW East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 26,078 20,647 79.2 
			  5NX Hull Teaching PCT 17,333 12,915 74.5 
			  5NY Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT 29,811 21,139 70.9 
			   
			 Q33  East Midlands SHA 314,378 253,352 80.6 
			  5EM Nottingham City PCT 15,063 11,174 74.2 
			  5ET Bassetlaw PCT 8,500 6,852 80.6 
			  5N6 Derbyshire County PCT 54,027 44,409 82.2 
			  5N7 Derby City PCT 18,044 14,871 82.4 
			  5N8 Nottinghamshire County PCT 48,920 38,746 79.2 
			  5N9 Lincolnshire PCT 58,016 46,561 80.3 
			  5PA Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 48,794 40,137 82.3 
			  5PC Leicester City PCT 16,884 12,860 76.2 
			  5PD Northamptonshire PCT 46,130 37,742 81.8 
			   
			 Q34  West Midlands SHA 385,779 300,696 77.9 
			  5CN Herefordshire PCT 14,078 11,789 83.7 
			  5M1 South Birmingham PCT 21,946 16,064 73.2 
			  5M2 Shropshire County PCT 23,763 19,751 83.1 
			  5M3 Walsall Teaching PCT 17,439 13,215 75.8 
			  5MD Coventry Teaching PCT 20,003 15,046 75.2 
			  5MK Telford and Wrekin PCT 11,560 9,016 78.0 
			  5MV Wolverhampton City PCT 15,723 11,374 72.3 
			  5MX Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 10,627 7,112 66.9 
			  5PE Dudley PCT 23,125 17,631 76.2 
			  5PF Sandwell PCT 19,890 14,679 73.8 
			  5PG Birmingham East and North PCT 26,048 19,095 73.3 
			  5PH North Staffordshire PCT 16,480 12,971 78.7 
			  5PJ Stoke on Trent PCT 18,205 13,888 76.3 
			  5PK South Staffordshire PCT 46,623 36,721 78.8 
			  5PL Worcestershire PCT 43,863 36,692 83.7 
			  5PM Warwickshire PCT 40,172 32,777 81.6 
			  TAM Solihull Care Trust 16,234 12,875 79.3 
			   
			 Q35  East of England SHA 411,562 319,669 77.7 
			  5GC Luton Teaching PCT 10,127 7,473 73.8 
			  5P1 South East Essex PCT 26,734 19,072 71.3 
			  5P2 Bedfordshire PCT 28,672 23,004 80.2 
			  5P3 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 37,331 28,496 76.3 
			  5P4 West Hertfordshire PCT 36,477 27,818 76.3 
			  5PN Peterborough PCT 10,148 7,783 76.7 
			  5PP Cambridgeshire PCT 40,851 32,771 80.2 
			  5PQ Norfolk PCT 58,145 46,383 79.8 
			  5PR Great Yarmouth and Waveney Teaching PCT 18,545 14,983 80.8 
			  5PT Suffolk PCT 45,969 37,903 82.5 
			  5PV West Essex PCT 19,143 11,751 61.4 
			  5PW North East Essex PCT 24,035 18,615 77.4 
			  5PX Mid Essex PCT 27,084 22,438 82.8 
			  5PY South West Essex PCT 28,302 21,179 74.8 
			   
			 Q36  London SHA 426,185 273,910 64.3 
			  5A4 Havering PCT 17,784 14,073 79.1 
			  5A5 Kingston PCT 9,977 6,517 65.3 
			  5A7 Bromley PCT 22,246 16,653 74.9 
			  5A8 Greenwich Teaching PCT 12,851 8,692 67.6 
			  5A9 Barnet PCT 20,902 13,660 65.4 
			  5AT Hillingdon PCT 15,075 10,372 68.8 
			  5C1 Enfield PCT 16,992 11,272 66.3 
			  5C2 Barking and Dagenham PCT 8,562 5,974 69.8 
			  5C3 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 9,964 5,132 51.5 
			  5C4 Tower Hamlets PCT 7,642 2,886 37.8 
			  5C5 Newham PCT 11,858 6,819 57.5 
			  5C9 Haringey Teaching PCT 12,953 7,872 60.8 
			  5H1 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 8,637 5,026 58.2 
			  5HX Ealing PCT 18,300 11,755 64.2 
			  5HY Hounslow PCT 13,494 8,923 66.1 
			  5K5 Brent Teaching PCT 15,933 9,398 59.0 
			  5K6 Harrow PCT 14,369 9,504 66.1 
			  5K7 Camden PCT 10,736 6,094 56.8 
			  5K8 Islington PCT 9,476 5,515 58.2 
			  5K9 Croydon PCT 20,788 13,991 67.3 
			  5LA Kensington and Chelsea PCT 9,820 5,360 54.6 
			  5LC Westminster PCT 11,062 5,674 51.3 
			  5LD Lambeth PCT 13,011 7,454 57.3 
			  5LE Southwark PCT 11,273 6,848 60.7 
			  5LF Lewisham PCT 12,776 7,815 61.2 
			  5LG Wandsworth PCT 13,500 8,216 60.9 
			  5M6 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 12,141 8,042 66.2 
			  5M7 Sutton and Merton PCT 22,057 14,903 67.6 
			  5NA Redbridge PCT 14,392 9,124 63.4 
			  5NC Waltham Forest PCT 12,726 8,755 68.8 
			  TAK Bexley Care Trust 14,888 11,591 77.9 
			   
			 Q37  South East Coast SHA 317,070 242,571 76.5 
			  5L3 Medway PCT 18,558 15,210 82.0 
			  5LQ Brighton and Hove City PCT 15,047 11,517 76.5 
			  5P5 Surrey PCT 77,918 60,313 77.4 
			  5P6 West Sussex PCT 60,014 44,745 74.6 
			  5P7 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 26,902 22,111 82.2 
			  5P8 Hastings and Rother PCT 14,116 11,383 80.6 
			  5P9 West Kent PCT 49,207 38,713 78.7 
			  5QA Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 55,308 38,579 69.8 
			   
			 Q38  South Central SHA 277,173 221,312 79.8 
			  5CQ Milton Keynes PCT 14,375 11,467 79.8 
			  5FE Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 10,402 7,334 70.5 
			  5L1 Southampton City PCT 13,840 10,271 74.2 
			  5QC Hampshire PCT 95,798 75,428 78.7 
			  5QD Buckinghamshire PCT 35,881 30,159 84.1 
			  5QE Oxfordshire PCT 41,504 33,839 81.5 
			  5QF Berkshire West PCT 30,075 24,273 80.7 
			  5QG Berkshire East PCT 23,056 18,506 80.3 
			  5QT Isle of Wight PCT 12,242 10,035 82.0 
			   
			 Q39  South West SHA 396,712 290,764 73.3 
			  5A3 South Gloucestershire PCT 17,201 12,116 70.4 
			  5F1 Plymouth Teaching PCT 17,747 14,158 79.8 
			  5FL Bath and North East Somerset PCT 12,810 9,867 77.0 
			  5K3 Swindon PCT 11,951 9,463 79.2 
			  5M8 North Somerset PCT 16,622 9,821 59.1 
			  5QH Gloucestershire PCT 43,876 35,333 80.5 
			  5QJ Bristol PCT 24,396 13,857 56.8 
			  5QK Wiltshire PCT 33774 26,873 79.6 
			  5QL Somerset PCT 42,069 34,464 81.9 
			  5QM Dorset PCT 33,931 27,033 79.7 
			  5QN Bournemouth and Poole PCT 23,945 18,544 77.4 
			  5QP Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 45,271 33,266 73.5 
			  5QQ Devon PCT 61,344 40,421 65.9 
			  TAL Torbay Care Trust 11,775 5,548 47.1 
		
	
	
		
			 2005-06 
			 Eligible population( 2)  Number of women screened  Coverage (less than 3 years since last test) ( percentage ) 
			   England 3,633,181 2,756,716 75.9 
			   
			 Q30  North East SHA 188,399 147,306 78.2 
			  5D7 Newcastle PCT 15,187 11,119 73.2 
			  5D8 North Tyneside PCT 15,215 11,979 78.7 
			  5D9 Hartlepool PCT 6,467 4,500 69.6 
			  5E1 North Tees PCT 12,987 10,649 82.0 
			  5J9 Darlington PCT 7,378 5,742 77.8 
			  5KF Gateshead PCT 14,523 11,700 80.6 
			  5KG South Tyneside PCT 10,713 8,586 80.1 
			  5KL Sunderland Teaching PCT 19,957 15,983 80.1 
			  5KM Middlesbrough PCT 8,979 6,290 70.0 
			  5ND County Durham PCT 39,449 30,953 78.5 
			  5QR Redcar and Cleveland PCT 10,744 8,440 78.6 
			  TAC Northumberland Care Trust 26,800 21,365 79.7 
			   
			 Q31  North West SHA 503,667 373,302 74.1 
			  5CC Blackburn with Darwen PCT 9,799 7,087 72.3 
			  5F5 Salford PCT 14,427 9,055 62.8 
			  5F7 Stockport PCT 21,223 15,743 74.2 
			  5HG Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 23,791 17,478 73.5 
			  5HP Blackpool PCT 10,800 8,143 75.4 
			  5HQ Bolton PCT 19,496 14,590 74.8 
			  5J2 Warrington PCT 14,187 11,266 79.4 
			  5J4 Knowsley PCT 9,767 6,947 71.1 
			  5J5 Oldham PCT 15,787 10,268 65.0 
			  5JX Bury PCT 13,652 10,795 79.1 
			  5LH Tameside and Glossop PCT 16,549 10,976 66.3 
			  5NE Cumbria PCT 40,352 31,716 78.6 
			  5NF North Lancashire PCT 27,121 17,739 65.4 
			  5NG Central Lancashire PCT 33,529 25,466 76.0 
			  5NH East Lancashire PCT 27,316 21,021 77.0 
			  5NJ Sefton PCT 20,958 15,847 75.6 
			  5NK Wirral PCT 24,522 19,646 80.1 
			  5NL Liverpool PCT 28,827 20,105 69.7 
			  5NM Halton and St Helens PCT 23,452 18,156 77.4 
			  5NN Western Cheshire PCT 18,977 15,597 82.2 
			  5NP Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 35,752 29,820 83.4 
			  5NQ Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 14,390 10,442 72.6 
			  5NR Trafford PCT 15,244 10,197 66.9 
			  5NT Manchester PCT 23,749 15,202 64.0 
			   
			 Q32  Yorkshire  and  the Humber SHA 367,582 285,477 77.7 
			  5AN North East Lincolnshire PCT 12,004 8,514 70.9 
			  5EF North Lincolnshire PCT 12,817 9,746 76.0 
			  5H8 Rotherham PCT 18,404 15,274 83.0 
			  5J6 Calderdale PCT 14,608 11,302 77.4 
			  5JE Barnsley PCT 17,319 14,518 83.8 
			  5N1 Leeds PCT 47,461 33,646 70.9 
			  5N2 Kirklees PCT 27,443 20,000 72.9 
			  5N3 Wakefield District PCT 24,984 19,744 79.0 
			  5N4 Sheffield PCT 34,913 27,724 79.4 
			  5N5 Doncaster PCT 21,484 17,636 82.1 
			  5NV North Yorkshire and York PCT 61,599 51,173 83.1 
			  5NW East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 26,513 21,807 82.3 
			  5NX Hull Teaching PCT 17,600 11,384 64.7 
			  5NY Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT 30,433 23,009 75.6 
			   
			 Q33  East Midlands SHA 320,704 261,389 81.5 
			  5EM Nottingham City PCT 15,220 11,543 75.8 
			  5ET Bassetlaw PCT 8,716 7,412 85.0 
			  5N6 Derbyshire County PCT 54,810 45,123 82.3 
			  5N7 Derby City PCT 18,258 15,075 82.6 
			  5N8 Nottinghamshire County PCT 49,753 41,367 83.1 
			  5N9 Lincolnshire PCT 58,978 46,109 78.2 
			  5PA Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 50,112 42,493 84.8 
			  5PC Leicester City PCT 17,427 13,286 76.2 
			  5PD Northamptonshire PCT 47,430 38,981 82.2 
			   
			 Q34  West Midlands SHA 390,722 304,653 78.0 
			  5CN Herefordshire PCT 14,370 11,919 82.9 
			  5M1 South Birmingham PCT 22,407 17,126 76.4 
			  5M2 Shropshire County PCT 24,163 18,892 78.2 
			  5M3 Walsall Teaching PCT 17,597 13,427 76.3 
			  5MD Coventry Teaching PCT 20,135 15,319 76.1 
			  5MK Telford and Wrekin PCT 11,759 8,256 70.2 
			  5MV Wolverhampton City PCT 15,845 11,736 74.1 
			  5MX Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 11,321 7,640 67.5 
			  5PE Dudley PCT 23,189 18,478 79.7 
			  5PF Sandwell PCT 20,072 14,898 74.2 
			  5PG Birmingham East and North PCT 25,431 18,835 74.1 
			  5PH North Staffordshire PCT 16,690 13,404 80.3 
			  5PJ Stoke on Trent PCT 18,366 14,147 77.0 
			  5PK South Staffordshire PCT 47,245 36,857 78.0 
			  5PL Worcestershire PCT 44,846 37,582 83.8 
			  5PM Warwickshire PCT 40,777 33,110 81.2 
			  TAM Solihull Care Trust 16,509 13,027 78.9 
			   
			 Q35  East of England SHA 419,809 321,241 76.5 
			  5GC Luton Teaching PCT 10,314 7,734 75.0 
			  5P1 South East Essex PCT 27,090 19,779 73.0 
			  5P2 Bedfordshire PCT 29,267 22,735 77.7 
			  5P3 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 37,823 28,039 74.1 
			  5P4 West Hertfordshire PCT 37,278 26,644 71.5 
			  5PN Peterborough PCT 10,394 8,396 80.8 
			  5PP Cambridgeshire PCT 41,930 33,782 80.6 
			  5PQ Norfolk PCT 59,159 48,027 81.2 
			  5PR Great Yarmouth and Waveney Teaching PCT 18,866 15,168 80.4 
			  5PT Suffolk PCT 47,028 38,909 82.7 
			  5PV West Essex PCT 19,561 8,286 42.4 
			  5PW North East Essex PCT 24,464 19,643 80.3 
			  5PX Mid Essex PCT 27,819 23,044 82.8 
			  5PY South West Essex PCT 28,815 21,055 73.1 
			   
			 Q36  London SHA 432,043 276,066 63.9 
			  5A4 Havering PCT 17,990 14,076 78.2 
			  5A5 Kingston PCT 10,246 7,283 71.1 
			  5A7 Bromley PCT 22,461 16,527 73.6 
			  5A8 Greenwich Teaching PCT 12,898 8,866 68.7 
			  5A9 Barnet PCT 21,361 14,424 67.5 
			  5AT Hillingdon PCT 15,348 10,371 67.6 
			  5C1 Enfield PCT 17,005 10,640 62.6 
			  5C2 Barking and Dagenham PCT 8,594 6,017 70.0 
			  5C3 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 10,182 5,659 55.6 
			  5C4 Tower Hamlets PCT 7,722 3,966 51.4 
			  5C5 Newham PCT 11,990 6,942 57.9 
			  5C9 Haringey Teaching PCT 13,295 7,367 55.4 
			  5H1 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 8,683 4,744 54.6 
			  5HX Ealing PCT 18,673 11,821 63.3 
			  5HY Hounslow PCT 13,695 8,085 59.0 
			  5K5 Brent Teaching PCT 16,175 10,242 63.3 
			  5K6 Harrow PCT 14,491 10,519 72.6 
			  5K7 Camden PCT 10,170 6,390 62.8 
			  5K8 Islington PCT 9,568 5,522 57.7 
			  5K9 Croydon PCT 20,899 13,161 63.0 
			  5LA Kensington and Chelsea PCT 9,898 4,961 50.1 
			  5LC Westminster PCT 11,263 5,639 50.1 
			  5LD Lambeth PCT 13,323 8,021 60.2 
			  5LE Southwark PCT 11,548 7,168 62.1 
			  5LF Lewisham PCT 12,984 8,602 66.3 
			  5LG Wandsworth PCT 13,966 8,478 60.7 
			  5M6 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 12,045 7,113 59.1 
			  5M7 Sutton and Merton PCT 22,509 15,385 68.4 
			  5NA Redbridge PCT 14,896 8,138 54.6 
			  5NC Waltham Forest PCT 13,063 8,350 63.9 
			  TAK Bexley Care Trust 15,102 11,589 76.7 
			   
			 Q37  South East Coast SHA 322,580 250,263 77.6 
			  5L3 Medway PCT 18,923 14,013 74.1 
			  5LQ Brighton and Hove City PCT 15,165 11,688 77.1 
			  5P5 Surrey PCT 79,062 61,763 78.1 
			  5P6 West Sussex PCT 61,255 45,908 74.9 
			  5P7 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 27,520 22,488 81.7 
			  5P8 Hastings and Rother PCT 14,329 11,591 80.9 
			  5P9 West Kent PCT 49,921 38,330 76.8 
			  5QA Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 56,405 44,482 78.9 
			   
			 Q38  South Central SHA 282,724 225,029 79.6 
			  5CQ Milton Keynes PCT 14,955 11,977 80.1 
			  5FE Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 10,524 7,473 71.0 
			  5L1 Southampton City PCT 14,051 10,210 72.7 
			  5QC Hampshire PCT 97,666 75,493 77.3 
			  5QD Buckinghamshire PCT 36,860 31,201 84.6 
			  5QE Oxfordshire PCT 42,192 34,617 82.0 
			  5QF Berkshire West PCT 30,593 24,759 80.9 
			  5QG Berkshire East PCT 23,481 19,037 81.1 
			  5QT Isle of Wight PCT 12,402 10,262 82.7 
			   
			 Q39   South West SHA 404,952 311,990 77.0 
			  5A3 South Gloucestershire PCT 17,465 10,603 60.7 
			  5F1 Plymouth Teaching PCT 18,011 14,065 78.1 
			  5FL Bath and North East Somerset PCT 12,980 10,359 79.8 
			  5K3 Swindon PCT 12,280 9,806 79.9 
			  5M8 North Somerset PCT 16,917 13,810 81.6 
			  5QH Gloucestershire PCT 44,798 36,242 80.9 
			  5QJ Bristol PCT 24,749 12,984 52.5 
			  5QK Wiltshire PCT 34,602 28,137 81.3 
			  5QL Somerset PCT 42,890 35,160 82.0 
			  5QM Dorset PCT 34,614 27,682 80.0 
			  5QN Bournemouth and Poole PCT 24,275 18,844 77.6 
			  5QP Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 46,973 37,000 78.8 
			  5QQ Devon PCT 62,483 47,769 76.5 
			  TAL Torbay Care Trust 11,915 9,529 80.0 
			 (1) The coverage of the breast screening programme is the proportion of women resident and eligible that have had a test with a recorded result at least once in the previous 3 years. Coverage of the screening programme is best assessed using the 53-64 age group as women may be first called at any time between their 50th and 53rd birthdays. (2) This is the number of women in the registered population less those recorded as ineligible.  Note: Data has been mapped to match the October 2006 PCT organisation structure. © Data prior to 2005, re-used with the permission of the Department of Health. Copyright © 2008, The Information Centre. All rights reserved  Source: KC63, The Information Centre for health and Social care.

Dentistry: Pensions

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what pension entitlements are provided to NHS  (a) dentists and  (b) dental nurses.

Ann Keen: Dentist performers working in independent practices have access to practitioner benefits under the national health service pension scheme. These are calculated on a career average re-valued earnings basis of 1.4 per cent. of their total pensionable pay with a fixed lump sum of 4.2 per cent. of total pensionable pay. Dental nurses employed by independent practices are not entitled membership of the NHS pension scheme.
	Salaried dentists and dental nurses directly employed by NHS trusts or primary care trusts qualify for benefits calculated on the best year of the last three years pensionable pay. This provides a pension based on 1/80 of their salary for each year of service with a fixed lump sum of three times the pension.
	All such members have a normal pension age of 60.

Diabetes: Greater London

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had a diagnosis of diabetes in  (a) Romford,  (b) Greater London and  (c) Essex (i) in the latest period for which figures are available and (ii) in 1997.

Ann Keen: The information is not available in the format requested. The quality and outcomes framework (QOF) part of the general practitioner (GP) contract requires practices to record the number of patients who have been diagnosed with diabetes. Only patients aged 17 and over are included, as patients younger than that are considered to need specialist care that would not be provided by a GP. Therefore, all figures given underestimate the number of diabetics. Furthermore, data is not available for Romford, Greater London or Essex as they are not national health service organisations. Data is not available for 1997 as the GP contract was only introduced in the financial year 2004-05. However:
	the closest NHS structure is Havering primary care trust (PCT), which includes Romford. In 2006-07 there were 9,281 patients on the diabetes register in practices in Havering;
	the NHS organisation closest to Greater London is London strategic health authority (SHA). In 2006-07 there were 300,567 patients on the diabetes register; and
	similarly, Essex is not a NHS organisation since the re-structuring of SHAs in October 2006. For the five PCTs in Essex (Mid Essex, North East Essex, South East Essex, South West Essex and West Essex) there were 61,348 patients on the diabetes register in these areas in 2006-07.
	Coverage of QOF patients will only contribute to the figures in QOF if they are registered with a general practice participating in QOF.

Health Services

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department intends to issue guidance on the duty for primary care trusts and local authorities to undertake a joint strategic needs assessment.

Ivan Lewis: Guidance on Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) was released by the Department on 13 December 2007 and can be found on the Department is at website:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_081097
	A copy has been placed in the Library.
	JSNA will develop and improve over time. The Department has commissioned Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory (Y and HPHO), which has a specialist role to support commissioning, to lead this process. Further developments e.g. of the JSNA 'minimum dataset' will be announced on the Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory website at:
	www.yhpho.org.uk/viewResource.aspx?id=1299
	A draft copy has been placed in the Library.

Hospitals: Infectious Diseases

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what his Department's policy is on the routine screening of NHS staff for  (a) MRSA infection and  (b) clostridium difficile;
	(2)  how many cases of  (a) MRSA infection and  (b) clostridium difficile infection has been detected in staff working in the NHS in each of the last three years.

Ann Keen: Departmental guidance does not recommend routine screening of health care staff for either of these infections. Expert advice is that routine screening of staff is not indicated, and therefore not recommended but may be used to help control or investigate an outbreak.
	In terms of the number of cases of infections in staff, I refer the hon. Member for North Norfolk to the reply I gave him on 17 January 2008,  Official Report, column 1450W.

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Alcoholic Drinks

Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many alcohol-related emergency admissions to hospitals in the Hull and East Yorkshire hospitals NHS trust area there were in each year since 1997, broken down by  (a) age and  (b) sex; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Count of finished admission episodes for alcohol related emergency admissions to Hull and East Yorkshire hospitals NHS trust( 1)  in each year since 1997-98, broken down by age and sex—national health service hospitals England and activity performed in the independent sector in England commissioned by English NHS 
			Ages  Unknown 
			Under 18  18 and over  Age  Sex 
			   Description  Male  Female  Male  Female  Under 18  18 and over  Male  Female 
			 2006-07 Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust 53 72 1,396 539 0 0 0 0 
			   
			 2005-06 Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust 64 69 1,430 574 0 0 0 0 
			   
			 2004-05 Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust 49 61 1,156 420 0 0 * 0 
			   
			 2003-04 Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust 50 77 938 333 0 0 * 0 
			   
			 2002-03 Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust 49 56 885 347 0 0 0 * 
			   
			 2001-02 Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust 46 61 759 257 0 0 0 0 
			   
			 2000-01 Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust 43 35 782 303 0 * 0 0 
			   
			 1999-2000 Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust 61 56 948 282 0 0 0 0 
			   
			 1999-98 Royal Hull Hospital NHS Trust 55 40 871 336 0 0 0 0 
			  East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 26 12 0 0 0 0 
			   
			 1997-98 Royal Hull Hospital NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0 746 316 
			  East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 12 7 0 0 0 0 
			 * = For reasons of confidentiality numbers between one and five have been suppressed and shown as '*'. (1) 0n 1 October 1999 Royal Hull hospital NHS trust and East Yorkshire hospitals NHS trust merged to form the Hull and East Yorkshire hospitals NHS trust.  Notes: 1. Data quality: Hospital episode statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts, and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. Data is also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The information centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. 2. Finished admission episodes: A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. Admission method codes used: 21 = Emergency: via accident and emergency (A and E) services, including the casualty department of the provider 22 = Emergency: via general practitioner (GP) 23 = Emergency: via bed bureau, including the central bureau 24 = Emergency: via consultant out-patient clinic 28 = Emergency: other means, including patients who arrive via the A and E department of another health care provider 3. Assessing growth through time: HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. During the years that these records have been collected by the NHS there have been ongoing improvements in quality and coverage. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example a number of procedures may now be undertaken in out-patient settings and may no longer be accounted in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time. 4. Low numbers: Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between one and five have been suppressed and replaced with '*' (an asterisk). 5. All diagnoses count of mentions: These figures represent a count of all mentions of a diagnosis in any of the 14 diagnosis fields in the HES data set. Therefore, if a diagnosis is mentioned in more than one diagnosis field during an episode, all diagnoses are counted. Diagnosis codes used: F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol K70—Alcoholic liver disease T51—Toxic effect of Alcohol 6. Ungrossed Data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).  Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for Health and Social Care 
		
	
	The Government's renewed alcohol strategy, "Safe. Sensible. Social—the next steps in the National Alcohol Strategy", sets out a clear path to minimise the health harms, violence and antisocial behaviour associated with alcohol, while ensuring that people are able to enjoy alcohol safely and responsibly.
	The comprehensive spending review announced a Home Office Public Service Agreement target to reduce alcohol harm. It includes a new national indicator to measure change in the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-attributable conditions—the first ever national commitment to monitor how the NHS is tackling alcohol harms, which will operate from April 2008. In addition, the Department and Home Office jointly will launch a much expanded, £10 million public health and education campaign on alcohol in 2008, to raise general awareness of health risks and challenge tolerance of drunkenness.

Learning Disability

Roger Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  if he will define the range of conditions covered by the term learning difficulties as used in the Valuing People Now document; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what plans he has to consult disabled people with no ability to live independently or to work on the proposals in the Valuing People Now initiative.

Ivan Lewis: 'Valuing People Now, from Progress to Transformation' uses the definition of learning disability Valuing People (2001) as including the presence of:
	a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills (impaired intelligence), with;
	a reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning); and
	which started before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development.
	Learning disability does not include all those who have a specific "learning difficulty", which is more broadly defined in education legislation. 'Valuing People Now' includes people with autism who also have a learning disability.
	The aspiration of 'Valuing People Now' is to include everyone, starting from the position that we can move towards independent living, with the right support, for even those with the most complex needs. There are many examples of this, led by families who want the best for their sons and daughters.
	The consultation process is being taken forward in a way that is accessible for people who do not use words and for those who have complex needs. The consultation is also involving the people who work with them, family members and close carers who
	understand their best interests.

MRSA: Death

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients died as a result of  (a) MRSA and  (b) C. difficile in each year since 1997.

Angela Eagle: I have been asked to reply.
	The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 31 January 2008:
	As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many patients died as a result of (a) MRSA and (b) C. difficile deaths in each year since 1997. (183141)
	The table below provides data on the number of death certificates on which MRSA and Clostridium difficile were mentioned, from 1997 to 2005, the latest year for which figures are available.
	
		
			  Table 1: Number of death certificates where (a) methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus( 1)  and (b) Clostridium difficile( 2)  was mentioned, England and Wales, 1997 to 2005( 3, 4) 
			   (a) MRSA  (b) Clostridium difficile 
			 1997 389 (4)n/a 
			 1998 412 (4)n/a 
			 1999 487 975 
			 2000 669 (4)n/a 
			 2001 734 1,241 
			 2002 800 1,428 
			 2003 955 1,778 
			 2004 1,168 2,247 
			 2005 1,629 3,807 
			 (1) Identified using the methodology described in Griffiths C, Lamagni TL, Crowcroft NS, Duckworth G and Rooney C (2004). Trends in MRSA in England and Wales: analysis of morbidity and mortality data for 1993 to 2002. Health Statistics Quarterly 21, 15-22. (2 )Identified using the methodology described in Office for National Statistics: Report: Deaths involving Clostridium difficile: England and Wales, 2001 to 2005. Health Statistics Quarterly 33, 71-75. (3 )Data are for deaths occurring in each calendar year. (4 )Deaths involving Clostridium difficile can only be identified using the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). This has been used by ONS for coding mortality from 2001 onwards and in 1999 for a bridge coding study. Data are therefore not available for 1997, 1998 and 2000 when the Ninth Revision of the ICD was in use.

MRSA: Greater London

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of  (a) MRSA and  (b) clostridium difficile there are at (i) Barnet hospital, (ii) Royal Free hospital and (iii) Northwick Park; how many there were in 2006-07; and what steps are being taken to reduce the incidence of these and other hospital-acquired infections in each hospital.

Ann Keen: The number of methicillin resistant  Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia reports and of  clostridium difficile reports during 2006-07, for the hospitals concerned, are set out in the following table(1).
	(1) Data are provisional and subject to corrections that would be incorporated in future publications by the Health Protection Agency on its website: www.hpa.org.uk.
	
		
			   MRSA bacteraemia reports: April 2006 to March 2007  C. difficile reports for patients aged >65 years: April 2006 to March 2007( 1) 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 62 751 
			 The Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust (2)75 133 
			 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 51 273 
			 (1) Mandatory surveillance of C. difficile began in January 2004. Prior to availability of quarterly data from January 2006, (first published in January 2007), it has been published only by calendar year. The data used in this answer is derived by aggregating quarterly data, to calculate the total for the financial year 2006-07. (2 )This data includes one or more cases that have been dually reported, or accepted as extenuating circumstances. 
		
	
	The steps being taken to reduce the incidents of health care associated infections are summarised in the written ministerial statement of 9 January 2008,  Official Report, columns 9-10WS about a new comprehensive strategy, "Clean, Safe Care: Reducing infections and saving lives" to tackle health care associated infections and improve cleanliness in the national health service.
	The strategy draws together recent initiatives and details new areas where the NHS should invest Government funding of £270 million per year by 2010-11. It also sets out where there are new national expectations and requirements, for example about the new national target for C. difficile and the requirements for the deep cleaning every hospital by March 2008. It also outlines areas, such as investment in infection control nurses, pharmacists and isolation nurses, that NHS organisations should consider when developing their local plans.
	Copies of both the written ministerial statement and the strategy, "Clean, Safe Care: Reducing infections and saving lives", are available in the Library.

Tattooing

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what plans his Department has to establish a system of registration for tattooing and piercing facilities;
	(2)  what assessment his Department has made of directions given in respect of reusable needles under the Department of Health's model by-laws issued in September 2007;
	(3)  what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulations of  (a) tattooing and piercing under the provisions of the Local Government Act 2003 and  (b) the model bye-laws published in September 2007.

Dawn Primarolo: The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, as amended by the Local Government Act 2003, gives local authorities (LAs) powers to require tattooing and cosmetic piercing businesses in their area to register and observe byelaws on hygiene and cleanliness. It is an offence for such a business to trade without being registered with the LA or to breach local byelaws.
	LAs in London generally use the London Local Authorities Act 1991 (private legislation) which provides for a licensing scheme for businesses providing special treatments such as tattooing and cosmetic piercing. It is an offence to trade without being licensed or to breach licence conditions.
	LAs also have general enforcement powers under health and safety at work legislation. This allows LAs to use improvement and prohibition notices, and ultimately prosecute tattooing and piercing businesses, if appropriate. This would include where there are concerns about a practitioner's competency. Under the licensing regime that exists in London, LAs may refuse a licence on grounds relating to a person's competency.
	Information on the local regulation of tattooing and cosmetic piercing businesses by LAs is not collected centrally. However, we keep the legislation under review, taking account, for example, of any feedback from stakeholders such as LAs and their associations.

York Hospitals NHS Trust: Waiting Lists

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the  (a) average and  (b) maximum waiting time for (i) in-patient and (ii) day case admissions was at York hospitals NHS trust in the quarter ending  (a) June 2007,  (b) September 2007 and  (c) December 2007.

Ann Keen: The information requested has been set out in the following table.
	
		
			  In-patient waiting statistics concerning York health services NHS trust; time periods—June 2007 and September 2007 
			   Month ending  Organisation  Case  Median waiting time (weeks)  Timeband the longest waiter is waiting in 
			 2007-08 June 2007 York Health Services NHS Trust Daycase 6.0 19 to <20 weeks 
			 2007-08 June 2007 York Health Services NHS Trust Ordinary 6.5 19 to <20 weeks 
			   
			 2007-08 September 2007 York Health Services NHS Trust Daycase 6.3 19 to <20 weeks 
			 2007-08 September 2007 York Health Services NHS Trust Ordinary 4.8 18 to <19 weeks 
			  Notes: l. The data is reported as a snapshot at a point in time. For this purpose the latest available period within the financial year is used. 2. The figures show the median waiting times for patients still waiting for admission at the end of the period stated. In-patient waiting times are measure from decision to admit by the consultant to admission to hospital. 3. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits. This should be taken into account when interpreting the data. 4. Data not available for month ending December 2007  Source:  KH07

Child Benefit: Personal Records

Mark Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions data from the child benefit database has been copied to a data disc in the last 12 months.

Jane Kennedy: Transferring data is a core part of everyday HMRC business.
	On 20 November 2007, the Chancellor announced an independent review of HMRC's data handling procedures to be conducted by Kieran Pointer, the chair of Price Waterhouse Coopers.
	The interim report was published on 17 December 2007 and is available in the Library of the House. The final report is expected in the first half of 2008.

Revenue and Customs: Data Protection

Mark Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Revenue and Customs has designated an official as responsible for data security; and if he will make a statement.

Jane Kennedy: As the Principal Accounting Officer for HMRC the chairman has ultimate responsibility for data security.
	In addition a senior HMRC Director was appointed as Director of Data Security on 23 November 2007 with responsibility for overseeing all of the departments data security issues.
	A data guardian role has also been created in each HMRC Business Unit to monitor data handling and transfer arrangements in all of HMRC's business areas.

Valuation Office: Rightmove

Bob Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the data that the Valuation Office Agency collects from Rightmove.co.uk using the market comparable reporting tool includes data derived from the Rightmove automated valuation model database.

Jane Kennedy: The Valuation Office Agency only has access to the information which was freely available to the public while a property was being advertised for sale on the Rightmove web site.

Welfare Tax Credits

Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of families were  (a) eligible for and  (b) claiming (i) working tax credit and (ii) child tax credit in the latest period for which figures are available.

Jane Kennedy: Estimates of the take-up rate for child and working tax credits in 2004-05, for which latest figures are available, are published in table 1 of the HMRC publication 'Child and Working Tax Credit Take-up rates 2004-05'. This publication is available on the HMRC website at:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-take-up.htm.
	Estimates of the numbers of families with tax credits awards, are available in the HMRC publication 'Child and Working Tax Credits. Finalised Annual Awards', for the years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06. These publications and provisional estimates for the number of families with tax credit awards, as at selected dates in 2006-07 and 2007-08, are available on the HMRC website at:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-quarterly-stats.htm
	We do not produce statistics separately for child tax credit and working tax credit.

Welfare Tax Credits: Telephone Services

Mark Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the total cost of training staff working on the Tax Credits Helpline in each year for which figures are available.

Jane Kennedy: The data requested is not available in the format requested as the information cannot be disaggregated from other costs.